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Video conferencing network    
United States Patent5014267   
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Inventor(s)Tompkins; E. Neal (Atlanta, GA); Arends; Thomas C. (Eugene, OR); Barry; Michael W. (Duluth, GA)
AbstractA video conferencing network for providing videos, audio, and data communication between remote video terminals. Each of the video terminals transmits and receives video, audio, and data information through the network. The network includes a central switching network for receiving audio and video information on one of a plurality of audio/video ports and selectively interconnecting this information to remaining audio/video ports. A centralized controller is in data communication with each of the video terminals and the switching network and controls the configuration of the switching network to provide the appropriate audio and video paths in response to the data received by the controller from the video terminals.
   














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Video conferencing network
Inventor     Tompkins; E. Neal (Atlanta, GA); Arends; Thomas C. (Eugene, OR); Barry; Michael W. (Duluth, GA)
Owner/Assignee     Datapoint Corporation (San Antonio, TX)
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Publication Date     May 7, 1991
Application Number     07/335,211
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Filing Date     April 6, 1989
US Classification     370/259 370/522 709/204
Int'l Classification     H04Q 011/04
Examiner     Olms; Douglas W.
Assistant Examiner     Chin; Wellington
Attorney/Law Firm     Baker & Botts
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Parent Case     This is a divisional application of prior application Ser. No. 07/126,845 originally filed on Nov. 25, 1987, and entitled "Video Conferencing Network", now U.S. Pat. No. 4,847,829, issued July 11, 1989, which was a continuation application of prior application Ser. No. 06/721,281, filed Apr. 8, 1985, and entitled "Video Conferencing Network", now U.S. Pat. No. 4,710,917, issued Dec. 1, 1987, which is related to patent application Ser. No. 720,507, filed Apr. 5, 1985, now U.S. Pat. No. 4,686,698, issued Aug. 11, 1987.
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USPTO Field of Search     370/62 379/53 379/54 379/201 379/202 379/206 379/217 379/142 379/353 379/76 379/73 379/96
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